hi all. i found my first old coin today on pasture land which used to have a windmill on but gutted cus cant id it as its not in good condition, its the same size as a pound coin but really thin. the ring was found by my late father about 20 yrs ago, it was squashed but my sister has it now and she has had it straightened, cant make out the hallmark even with a jewelers loupe, any help appreciated thanks. Adam

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sorry! I must be getting old ... I have deleted my stupid post! I spent about 10 hrs in and out of all kinds of websites today and I suppose my brain wants to focus on GOLD! Nice finds anyway, Liam

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Good one, Liam
On the same theme, had an offer over the phone for my stater, talking £2000 ..

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I think you'll struggle to get that ID mate, the design looks hand made which means unless there's a recognisable feature from a particular period it could be from any age. If I was to make a ring and chisel a pattern into it I don't think it would be too far off what your ring looks like which kinda proves the difficulty in aging bespoke rings.

I think you'll struggle to get that ID mate, the design looks hand made which means unless there's a recognisable feature from a particular period it could be from any age. If I was to make a ring and chisel a pattern into it I don't think it would be too far off what your ring looks like which kinda proves the difficulty in aging bespoke rings.

You can see there is clearly a mark on the inside which the OP describes as a "Hallmark", so I think its safe to disregard "silver Viking ring", "silver Roman ring", "ancient Celtic silver ring".
(even if the hallmark description is incorrect and its just a makers mark).

I could be well wide of the mark but to me it has a kind of "flower power" 1960's look.

To me the ring looks hand engraved silver and relatively modern. You don't say whether your father found it detecting, i.e. buried, or somewhere else? If the mark in the photo is all that there is then I would expect the mark to simply be a very worn 925.

You can see there is clearly a mark on the inside which the OP describes as a "Hallmark", so I think it's safe to disregard "silver Viking ring", "silver Roman ring", "ancient Celtic silver ring".
(even if the hallmark description is incorrect and its just a makers mark).

Fair point! A close up image of the inside marking with a macro lens might help and for those pictures I've previously used a clip on lens for my Samsung Galaxy S6 which can be bought off eBay or Amazon.

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